Genoset

A genoset refers to a defined set of genotypes; we have coined the term to represent the combination of alleles at 2 or more loci, especially when they are not contiguous along a chromosome. Typically, these are then related to a medical (or ancestral) consequence that arises only when a particular combination of SNPs is inherited.

More information about genosets can be found in the related SNPedia blog post. Note that genosets themselves are boolean, not quantitative; each genoset is either true (present) or false (absent) in an individual, based on the genoset's criteria, in the same way that a genotype (or allele) is either present or absent. Note that if a DNA microarray platform lacks a given SNP, genosets that require it (that SNP) will not return a result during a Promethease evaluation.